1959 Qasim govt passed Law of Personal Status Equalized inheritance for men and women
Restricted polygamy Set legal marriage age at 18
2001 Columnist William Safire told Meet The Press that Saddam would be gone by end of 2002
2002 UK Foreign Sec Straw and Sec of State Powell thought UN inspections would not provide
smoking gun against Iraq so alternatives needed
2002 UN inspectors said they had gone to all major suspected WMD sites and found nothing
(Musings On Iraq review The WMD Mirage, Iraq’s Decade of Deception and America’s False Premise for War)
(Musings On Iraq UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD and 2003 Invasion)
2002 Report Reagan admin and its Middle East envoy Rumsfeld did nothing while Iraq used WMD
in Iran-Iraq War
2002 NYTimes article said CIA looking into Iraq buying smallpox from a Russian scientist
2003 White House meeting on what to do about Governing Council going to UN to ask them with
help to transition to sovereignty White House decided they would try to block any UN plans for Iraq because wanted to keep control of process Meeting then turned to security VP Cheney said he wanted to eliminate Sadr
2005 Oil Min Uloom put on leave after opposing govt plan to increase prices on gas and cooking oil
Replaced by Dep PM Chalabi
2005 South Korea’s parliament okayed plan to withdraw 1/3 of its forces from Iraq Korea had 3rd
largest Coalition force in Iraq
2006 Iraqi govt hanged Saddam Hussein while Sadrists taped it and chanted Moqtada
2006 Naqshibandi insurgent group formed by Baathists
2007 Basra police chief escaped 2 IEDs Was 7th attempt on his life since Jun 07
2007 ISI forced out of Baghdad during Surge Relocated to Diyala especially in east around
Baquba Also Salahaddin Kirkuk and Ninewa
2008 Govt announced it had allocated $129 mil from 08 budget for Maysan Was supposed to fund 241
projects Only 41 completed
2009 UK hostage Peter Moore released by Asaib Ahl Al-Haq in return for release of leader Qais
Khazali Moore and 4 bodyguards kidnapped from Finance Min in Baghdad in May 2007 Op planned by Iran’s Rev Guard Brits were held in Iran for most of 2 year captivity 4 bodyguards were killed
(Musings On Iraq Iranians Planned Kidnapping And Held British Captives Taken In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings On Iraq review Vanguard of the Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
2009 2 suicide bombers hit provincial council building in Ramadi killing 27 and injuring 100
including Gov Fahadawi
(Musings On Iraq Voter Dissatisfaction Growing In Anbar?)
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
2009 Change MP had office burned down likely by PUK
2009 US got charges dropped against Baiji refinery director Obaidi who was accused of corruption by
corrupt officials who were under investigation Week later Obaidi was charged again for supporting insurgency by same corrupt officials
2013 Anbar sheikhs gave govt 12 hour ultimatum to release MP Alwani arrested by PM Maliki
2013 PM Maliki used death of army’s 7th Div cmdr to order Ramadi and Fallujah protest camps to be
closed Led to call to arms in Fallujah Closure helped insurgency to return
2013 Gunmen appeared in Fallujah after protest site there closed setting up checkpoints and fighting
with ISF Some mosques in Ramadi called for jihad Police cars seized in Ramadi and burned Clashes in Hit
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s PM Maliki Goes From Offensive Against Al Qaeda To Crackdown On Anbar Protestors)
(Musings On Iraq Aftermath of Shutting Down Ramadi Protest Site In Iraq)
2013 Army base east of Fallujah hit by mortars as part of new insurgent offensive
(Musings On Iraq Security In Iraq’s Anbar Province December 2013)
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